IPS Inter Press ServiceIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.Q&A: What the Most Seen Photographs Say- (Found July 6, 2008 ) BRUSSELS, Jul 4 (IPS) - No matter how familiar they become, the photographs depicting abuse at Abu Ghraib prison never seem to lose their ability to shock.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43071 CORRUPTION: Norway Turns the Spotlight on Tax Havens- (Found July 6, 2008 ) OSLO, Jul 4 (IPS) - A new commission appointed by Norway will investigate ways of putting a stop to the huge flows of money into tax havens. Tax evasion and corruption are believed to cost poor countries at least 50 billion dollars a year.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43072 POLITICS-US: Vets Mull Wins and Losses in Benefits Fight- (Found July 6, 2008 ) SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 4 (IPS) - You could hear the joy in Patrick Campbell's voice as he reflected on U.S. President George W. Bush's signing Monday of a new GI Bill of Rights for veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43073 DEATH PENALTY-PAKISTAN: Reprieve Call Could Save Thousands- (Found July 6, 2008 ) KARACHI, Jul 4 (IPS) - Some 7,000 death row inmates -- a quarter of the estimated condemned prisoners worldwide -- are expected to be spared and eventually freed following a call by Pakistans prime minister to honour the memory of the assassinated political leader Benazir Bhutto.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43074 ECONOMY: Little to Cheer on U.S. Independence Day- (Found July 6, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, Jul 4 (IPS) - The world's biggest economy marked Independence Day Friday with little cause for economic cheer. Job losses are the worst in nearly six years and a de facto recession appears to have gripped all sectors.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43075 POLITICS-BOLIVIA: Volatile Loyalties, Deep Divisions- (Found July 6, 2008 ) LA PAZ, Jul 4 (IPS) - The governing party in Bolivia is reeling from its latest electoral defeat, and beginning to doubt the popularity of President Evo Morales, who is putting his office, the vice president's and those of provincial governors up for ratification in a recall referendum to be held on Aug. 10.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43076 G8: 'Make Or Break on Climate Change'- (Found July 6, 2008 ) TOKYO, Jul 4 (IPS) - Japan is preparing to test its leadership role at the summit meeting of seven western industrial democracies and Russia (G8) Jul. 7-9 in Toyako on the northern island of Hokkaido.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43077 ENVIRONMENT-CHAD: Peacekeepers Try To Tread Lightly- (Found July 6, 2008 ) IRIBA, Jul 4 (IPS) - Polish army Lieutenant Colonel Marc Gryga didnt realize he was planning on building his countrys major base here in eastern Chad on top of a cemetery. "It didnt look like any cemetery you see in the United States or Europe," he says, referring to absence of headstones.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43079 PAKISTAN: Two Journalists Kidnapped on Restive Border- (Found July 6, 2008 ) PESHAWAR, Jul 5 (IPS) - The abduction Friday of two Pakistani journalists representing the New York Times (NYT) in troubled Mohmand Agency by pro-Taliban fighters has put the spotlight on a spate of kidnappings for ransom that has swept the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43080 COLOMBIA: Uribe's 2006 Reelection "Flawed" - Supreme Court- (Found July 6, 2008 ) BOGOTA, Jul 5 (IPS) - At the same time that Colombian President lvaro Uribe was welcoming U.S. Republican presidential hopeful John McCain in the north of the country, the Supreme Court issued a communiqu calling on the government to "respect and obey the decisions" of the courts.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43081 |